A Bonita Springs man was arrested Saturday and charged with child neglect and bribery after his 6-year-old son was found wandering around alone outside near Riverside Park, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Salvatore Gualim Lem, 35, offered deputies $100 to let him go after he was taken to the Sheriff's Office headquarters for questioning, deputies said.

A woman driving by found the child near the park on Front Street in Bonita Springs and asked him where his parents were.

Salvatore Gualim Lem(Photo: Lee County Sheriff's Office)

The boy replied that his mom was in Guatemala and his dad had left the house where they lived, according to an arrest report from the Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies identified the boy and stayed with him for more than an hour before he told them where he lived on Kentucky Street in Bonita Springs, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

A resident returned to the home after about an hour and provided Lem's phone number to the deputies, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

When deputies contacted Lem, he refused to return home or give his whereabouts. Deputies made several phone calls and checks of the area, and Lem returned home about 30 minutes later and appeared drunk, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Lem told deputies he had gone grocery shopping, and he had one grocery bag with Ramen noodles in it, according to his arrest report.

The child involved in the incident was taken into custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families, according to the sheriff’s office.